Galveston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Galveston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,326, close to the Galveston average. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $53,173.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.